Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Yesterday, I decided to use all my over ripe bananas by making a Banana bread. But my son said he would like an Orange cake instead. So I decided to mix both. My sister had highly recommended a Banana cake recipe which she forwarded me along with tons of positive things about this recipe. I modified this recipe to include freshly squeezed orange juice and orange rind, and adjusted the flour accordingly.

Increasing the flour meant more batter, so we had some cupcakes as well.

A small mini cake to go along. I was out of walnuts, as my kids have a big appetite for nuts and berries. As luck would have it, I had bought a packet of dried wild berries a day before, and they have not had a chance to finish it yet. So, I used berries instead.

Here's the recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cup light brown sugar

3 eggs

3 cups sifted all-purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/3 cup mashed ripe bananas

1/4 cup milk

1 cup chopped walnuts

3/4 cup or freshly squeezed juice from 1 large orange

rind from 1 large orange

Directions

Heat oven to 350°F. Mix orange rind and sugar thoroughly.

In a large mixing bowl cream butter, vanilla and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time.